Mark 4
1 Afterwards Jesus began to teach by the seaside, and a vast multitude of people gathered about him, so that he went on board a boat on the sea, and sat there, while all the people stayed on shore, at the water’s edge.
anantaraM sa samudrataTe punarupadeSTuM prArebhe, tatastatra bahujanAnAM samAgamAt sa sAgaropari naukAmAruhya samupaviSTaH; sarvve lokAH samudrakUle tasthuH|
2 Then he began teaching them in parables many things. In his teaching he said to them.
tadA sa dRSTAntakathAbhi rbahUpadiSTavAn upadizaMzca kathitavAn,
3 "Listen! the Sower once went out to sow,
avadhAnaM kuruta, eko bIjavaptA bIjAni vaptuM gataH;
4 and as he sowed, it happened that some seed fell on the road, and birds came and picked it up;
vapanakAle kiyanti bIjAni mArgapAzve patitAni, tata AkAzIyapakSiNa etya tAni cakhAduH|
5 some other seed fell on stony soil, where it had not much earth; and it sprang up quickly because it had no depth of soil,
kiyanti bIjAni svalpamRttikAvatpASANabhUmau patitAni tAni mRdolpatvAt zIghramaGkuritAni;
6 but when the sun rose it was scorched and withered away because it had no root.
kintUdite sUryye dagdhAni tathA mUlAno nAdhogatatvAt zuSkANi ca|
7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it, so that it yielded no crop.
kiyanti bIjAni kaNTakivanamadhye patitAni tataH kaNTakAni saMvRdvya tAni jagrasustAni na ca phalitAni|
8 But some seed fell into good soil and yielded a crop that sprang up and increased, yielding thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold.
tathA kiyanti bIjAnyuttamabhUmau patitAni tAni saMvRdvya phalAnyutpAditAni kiyanti bIjAni triMzadguNAni kiyanti SaSTiguNAni kiyanti zataguNAni phalAni phalitavanti|
9 "Any one who has ears to hear," he added, "let him listen to this."
atha sa tAnavadat yasya zrotuM karNau staH sa zRNotu|
10 When he was alone his followers and the Twelve began asking about the parables.
tadanantaraM nirjanasamaye tatsaGgino dvAdazaziSyAzca taM taddRSTAntavAkyasyArthaM papracchuH|
11 He went on to say to them. "The secret truth concerning the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside everything is told in parables,
tadA sa tAnuditavAn IzvararAjyasya nigUDhavAkyaM boddhuM yuSmAkamadhikAro'sti;
12 so that, "for all their looking they may not see, and for all their hearing, they may not understand, lest perchance they should turn and be pardoned.
kintu ye vahirbhUtAH "te pazyantaH pazyanti kintu na jAnanti, zRNvantaH zRNvanti kintu na budhyante, cettai rmanaHsu kadApi parivarttiteSu teSAM pApAnyamocayiSyanta," atohetostAn prati dRSTAntaireva tAni mayA kathitAni|
13 "You do not understand this parable," said Jesus. "Then how will you understand the other parables?
atha sa kathitavAn yUyaM kimetad dRSTAntavAkyaM na budhyadhve? tarhi kathaM sarvvAn dRSTAntAna bhotsyadhve?
14 "What the Sower sows is the Word. There are those ‘on the wayside’ where the Word is sown.
bIjavaptA vAkyarUpANi bIjAni vapati;
15 As soon as they hear it, Satan immediately comes and snatches away the Word which has been sown in them.
tatra ye ye lokA vAkyaM zRNvanti, kintu zrutamAtrAt zaitAn zIghramAgatya teSAM manaHsUptAni tAni vAkyarUpANi bIjAnyapanayati taeva uptabIjamArgapArzvesvarUpAH|
16 And like the sowing upon ‘stony ground’ are those who, whenever they hear the Word, at once receive it with joy,
ye janA vAkyaM zrutvA sahasA paramAnandena gRhlanti, kintu hRdi sthairyyAbhAvAt kiJcit kAlamAtraM tiSThanti tatpazcAt tadvAkyahetoH
17 but because they have no root in themselves they last for a time; but when suffering or persecution ensues because of the Word, they at once fall away.
kutracit kleze upadrave vA samupasthite tadaiva vighnaM prApnuvanti taeva uptabIjapASANabhUmisvarUpAH|
18 There are others who are ‘sown among thorns.’
ye janAH kathAM zRNvanti kintu sAMsArikI cintA dhanabhrAnti rviSayalobhazca ete sarvve upasthAya tAM kathAM grasanti tataH mA viphalA bhavati (aiōn g165)
19 When they have heard the Word, the anxieties of life and the snares of wealth, and all sorts of other ambitions, come in to choke the Word, so that it proves unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
taeva uptabIjasakaNTakabhUmisvarUpAH|
20 But those, on the other hand, who were sown on that good soil, are those who listen to the Word, and welcome it, and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold."
ye janA vAkyaM zrutvA gRhlanti teSAM kasya vA triMzadguNAni kasya vA SaSTiguNAni kasya vA zataguNAni phalAni bhavanti taeva uptabIjorvvarabhUmisvarUpAH|
21 He went on to say. "Is the lamp brought in to be put under the bushel or the bed? Is it not rather to be put on the lamp-stand?
tadA so'paramapi kathitavAn kopi jano dIpAdhAraM parityajya droNasyAdhaH khaTvAyA adhe vA sthApayituM dIpamAnayati kiM?
22 There is nothing hidden except what is to be disclosed, and nothing concealed except what is to be revealed.
atoheto ryanna prakAzayiSyate tAdRg lukkAyitaM kimapi vastu nAsti; yad vyaktaM na bhaviSyati tAdRzaM guptaM kimapi vastu nAsti|
23 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."
yasya zrotuM karNau staH sa zRNotu|
24 And he said to them. "Take heed what you hear. With what measure you measure it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.
aparamapi kathitavAn yUyaM yad yad vAkyaM zRNutha tatra sAvadhAnA bhavata, yato yUyaM yena parimANena parimAtha tenaiva parimANena yuSmadarthamapi parimAsyate; zrotAro yUyaM yuSmabhyamadhikaM dAsyate|
25 For he who holds, to him will more be given, and he who holds not, from him will be taken even what he holds."
yasyAzraye varddhate tasmai aparamapi dAsyate, kintu yasyAzraye na varddhate tasya yat kiJcidasti tadapi tasmAn neSyate|
26 "It is with the kingdom of God," he continued, "as if a man should have sown seed in the earth;
anantaraM sa kathitavAn eko lokaH kSetre bIjAnyuptvA
27 night and day he sleeps and wakes while the seed is sprouting and growing tall, he knows not how.
jAgaraNanidrAbhyAM divAnizaM gamayati, parantu tadvIjaM tasyAjJAtarUpeNAGkurayati varddhate ca;
28 Of its own accord the earth bears its crops; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
yatohetoH prathamataH patrANi tataH paraM kaNizAni tatpazcAt kaNizapUrNAni zasyAni bhUmiH svayamutpAdayati;
29 Then as soon as the crop is ready the man has the sickle put in at once, because harvest-time is come.
kintu phaleSu pakkeSu zasyacchedanakAlaM jJAtvA sa tatkSaNaM zasyAni chinatti, anena tulyamIzvararAjyaM|
30 "To what shall we compare the kingdom of God?" he said again. "in what parable shall we set it forth?
punaH so'kathayad IzvararAjyaM kena samaM? kena vastunA saha vA tadupamAsyAmi?
31 It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the soil, is the smallest seed in the world;
tat sarSapaikena tulyaM yato mRdi vapanakAle sarSapabIjaM sarvvapRthivIsthabIjAt kSudraM
32 yet when sown shoots up and becomes larger than any plant, sending out such branches that the wild birds build their nests under its shadow."
kintu vapanAt param aGkurayitvA sarvvazAkAd bRhad bhavati, tasya bRhatyaH zAkhAzca jAyante tatastacchAyAM pakSiNa Azrayante|
33 With many such illustrations Jesus used to tell his message to people as far as they were able to receive it;
itthaM teSAM bodhAnurUpaM so'nekadRSTAntaistAnupadiSTavAn,
34 and to them it was his practice never to speak except in parables. But he used to explain everything in private to his disciples.
dRSTAntaM vinA kAmapi kathAM tebhyo na kathitavAn pazcAn nirjane sa ziSyAn sarvvadRSTAntArthaM bodhitavAn|
35 On the evening of that same day Jesus said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."
taddinasya sandhyAyAM sa tebhyo'kathayad Agacchata vayaM pAraM yAma|
36 So, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them just as he was in the boat; and the other boats were with him.
tadA te lokAn visRjya tamavilambaM gRhItvA naukayA pratasthire; aparA api nAvastayA saha sthitAH|
37 But a great gale of wind came up, and the waves were dashing into the boat so that it began to fill.
tataH paraM mahAjhaJbhzagamAt nau rdolAyamAnA taraGgeNa jalaiH pUrNAbhavacca|
38 Now he himself was sleeping on the cushion in the stern, so they woke him up, saying, "Master, do you not care if we perish?"
tadA sa naukAcazcAdbhAge upadhAne ziro nidhAya nidrita AsIt tataste taM jAgarayitvA jagaduH, he prabho, asmAkaM prANA yAnti kimatra bhavatazcintA nAsti?
39 And he awoke, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!"
tadA sa utthAya vAyuM tarjitavAn samudraJcoktavAn zAntaH susthirazca bhava; tato vAyau nivRtte'bdhirnistaraGgobhUt|
40 The wind fell, and there ensued a great calm. Then he said to them. "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?"
tadA sa tAnuvAca yUyaM kuta etAdRkzaGkAkulA bhavata? kiM vo vizvAso nAsti?
41 Then they were awestruck, and said one to another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey him!"
tasmAtte'tIvabhItAH parasparaM vaktumArebhire, aho vAyuH sindhuzcAsya nidezagrAhiNau kIdRgayaM manujaH|
